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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malakand#Relieving_Chakdara Wikipedia - Relief of Chakdara] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malakand#Relieving_Chakdara Wikipedia - Relief of Chakdara] | ||
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| + | [http://www.archive.org/stream/storyofmalakandf00chur#page/n7/mode/2up The Story of the Malakand Field Force by Winston L Spencer Churchill] archive.org | ||
== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
Revision as of 12:24, 12 January 2010
| Battle of Chakdara | ||
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| Part of Malakand Field Expedition 1897 | ||
| Date: | 26 July-2 August 1897 | |
| Location: | Chakdara, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.638417°N 72.076213°E | |
| Result: | Relief of fort | |
| Combatants | ||
| British Army | Pashtun tribes | |
| Commanders | ||
| Col William Meiklejohn CB CMG | Saidullah | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Chakara Defence Force
Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG
- 45th (Rattray's) Sikhs (180)
- 1 Squadron 11th Bengal Lancers (20)
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Wikipedia - Relief of Chakdara
Historical Books Online
The Story of the Malakand Field Force by Winston L Spencer Churchill archive.org
Recommended Reading
"The Story of The Malakand Field Force" by Winston S. Churchill
ISBN 1-60450-223-1
ISBN 978-1-60450-223-7
